Planta Golden Irish Coffee Mixture

Planta - Golden Irish Coffee.

The smell from this doesn't suggest coffee at all, I get a potent blast of whisky but I can't detect any coffee, hey ho! The mix seems to need a small drying period, not ages but mine needed a couple of hours before smoking could commence. The mix looks to contain a higher proportion of Virginia to Black Cavendish, about a 75% to 25% split. I note how this doesn't get the best reaction however once lit I feel it's had a bit of a raw deal!

OK, it's not in the league of some aro's but I really don't think it's that bad! The taste isn't exactly as the aroma led me to believe, strangely I CAN actually detect some coffee, by no means does it construe what I expect from a coffee aromatic as it is a mild taste but I can without doubt notice it! Now, the whisky is exactly what the smell had me predicting it would taste like, there is no arguing with the fact this contains whiskey! Over to a less positive feature now, tongue bite, go easy or this will shred your tongue to pieces! Nicotine is quite mild in this, a big inhalation is needed for satisfaction!. As this burns down the slight coffee taste that was there at the start dissipates and gets overtaken by the whiskey, towards the end of the bowl it becomes a bit too much for me! The whiskey becomes too strong but there is also a slight caramel quality that comes through the longer it's smoked. To be fair, as the topping is heavy any tobacco tastes are left for conjecture to deal with, "was that Virginia or Cavendish ?" , it's hard to discern with such a casing!

I said at the beginning "I feel it's had a bit of raw deal" but I think with the vast array of coffee/whiskey blends on the market that two stars is a fair award!